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Industry funds show strongest growth in assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "The survey is further evidence that industry super funds are a compelling choice when it comes to retirement savings," said Whiteley. "Assets continue to grow, membership is growing and investment returns ...

InvestorWeb research for sale?

... Wealth Management Solutions' general manager, Andrew Walsh, said in a separate interview that IRESS is looking to a wider choice of researchers on the VisiPlan platform, such as Standard & Poor's and Morningstar. InvestorWeb's chief operating officer ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... million professionals by 2010. With Mexico's strong domestic IT market and compatible time zone with the US it was an obvious choice for TCS to open a global delivery centre there to service its US clients. Still it seems a little ironic that the offshore ...

Plum podcasts

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... better and easier ways for our clients and embers to do business with us," Fitzsimons said. "By offering our members a choice of communications channels that appeal to them, they are more likely to access our information and therefore be more financially ...

Inalytics wins first Aussie mandate

... Inalytics to help analyse fund managers' investment skills within QIC's portfolios. "In a period of increased competition and choice, Australian superannuation funds, multi-managers and fund managers are increasingly demanding quantitative analysis to ...

Super returns climb back driven by global shares, property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
Improving international equities and property markets have helped super funds recover their returns to an average 12.2 per cent for the year to end April, up from 10 per cent as at end March, according to SelectingSuper. In the latest SelectingSuper ...

Blood and Gore fund sustainable

... long term and sustainable investment strategies. It will be available to Australian retail investors through CFS' First Choice platform from September this year. CFS chief executive Brian Bissaker said, "We've been doing a search for a fund manager with ...

US giant targets local mortgage insurance market

... products to Australia. Our preliminary discussions with lenders have reaffirmed our belief that Australia is the right choice for MGIC's initial international expansion," said Culver. The ratings firm have rated the new company favourably with an AA ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... demonstrated that competition had not yet had any material effect on fees. "For the second year in a row, competition from super choice has shown no downward effect on fees. Super funds are always seeking ways to get better performance results for their ...

Print Super terminates mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
Industry fund Print Super has dropped managers Maple-Brown Abbott, Portfolio Partners and Credit Suisse and handed the $340 million in mandates to Tyndall, MIR, ABN AMRO and Generation. Print Super cut Maple-Brown Abbott's $180 million equities mandate ...